Small Blessings: stone tools

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Friday, 4 May 2012

Lithic Links

Adrien de Mortillet did not just collect amulets. Our researcher Charlotte has found this interesting blog entry, 'Neolithic sickles from the Mortillet Collection' by Katzman, charting de Mortillet's career and impressive pedigree in prehistory and archaeology (passed down from his famous father).

Image from Aggsbach's Paleolithic Blog

About

‘Small Blessings’ (2012) was an Arts Council England funded project that sought to animate the Pitt Rivers Museum’s eclectic amulet collections - in particular, a specific collection derived from Sir Henry Wellcome. Here the project team blogged about the research, documentation, and interpretation of these intriguing objects, and it is where we will continue to explore themes of folklore, magic, superstition, talismans and charms within the Pitt Rivers Museum's global collections.